BOOKLIST
 
 
 
Topic Areas

Teenagers And Divorce
Parenting After Divorce
Parents Of Teems
Ages 3-7 
Ages 9-12
Divorce Recovery For Adults
Domestic Violence
Anger Management
Parental Alienation
Stepparents & Stepfamilies
Substance Abuse

TEENAGERS AND DIVORCE

The Divorce Helpbook for Teens
Divorce Workbook for Teens
Split: A Graphic Reality Check for Teens Dealing With Divorce
Surviving Divorce: Teens Talk About What Helps and What Hurts
 
PARENTING AFTER DIVORCE
 
Mom’s House, Dad’s House:  Making Two Homes for Your Child 
by Isolina Ricci
 
Parenting After Divorce:  A Guide to Resolving Conflicts and Meeting Your 
Children’s Needs
By Phillip Michael Stahl 
 
What About the Kids: Raising Your Children Before, During and After
Divorce
by Judith Wallerstein
 
CHILDREN AGES 3-8  
 
It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear 
By Vicky Lansky, Janet Price
 
A picture book for parents to read to their children about divorce, with subtext 
to help the parents explain.Excellent resource.
 
Was It The Chocolate Pudding?
by Sandra Levins and Brian Langdo
Mama and Daddy Bear's Divorce
by Cornelia Maud Spelman

CHILDREN AGES 9-12
 
Divorce is Not the End of the World: Zoe and Evan's Coping Guide for Kids
By Zoe Stern and Evan Stern
 
Written by two young people who know first hand what kids need during divorce..
 
Dear Mr. Henshaw
By Beverly Cleary (Available for Kindle)
 
A novel by a popular author of pre-teen books.
 
DIVORCE RECOVERY FOR ADULTS
 
The Fresh Start Divorce Recovery Workbook: A Step by Step Program for Those Who
are Divorced or Separated
by Bob Burns
 
Divorce and New Beginnings:  A Complete Guide to Recovery, Solo Parenting, 
Co-Parenting and Stepfamilies
By Genevive Clapp, Ph.D.
 
The author is a former counselor with the San Diego Family Court Services.  The 
book teaches coping skills for problems arising after a divorce.
 
We’re Still Family:  What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents’ 
Divorce
By Constance Ahrons
 
Feedback from adult children about what helped them most in living through their 
parents’ divorces.  
 
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 
The Emotionally Abused Woman:  Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming 
Yourself
By Beverly Engel, MFCC 
 
Recognizing emotional abuse and understanding how to avoid being victimized 
again.
 
 
When Dad Hurts Mon:  Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse
By Lundy Bancroft 
 
How violence between parents impacts their children, and how to help the 
children overcome the experience.
 
 
 
ANGER MANAGEMENT
 
When Anger Hurts Your Kids:  A Parent’s Guide
By Mathew McKay, Patrick Fanning, Kim Paleg, Dana Landis 
 
How to identify anger problems in a family.  How anger in the household hurts 
children.  Solutions to help families stop fighting.
 
PARENTAL ALIENATION
 
Divorce Poison:  Protecting the Parent-Child Bond from a Vindictive Ex
By Richard A. Warshak
How to defend yourself, in the eyes of your children, against a hostile 
ex-spouse.
 
STEPPARENTS & STEPFAMILIES
 
Stepliving for Teens:  Getting Along with Stepparents and Siblings
By Joel D. Block, Susan S. Bartell
 
 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 
Adult Children of Alcoholics
By Janet Woititz 
 
Insight into the problems of adult children of alcoholic parents.  Recovery 
help.
 
It Will Never Happen to Me!                           
By Claudia Black 
 
How alcohol problems in the family impact the children..